2023-08-14 20:05:29
According to the police, four people were injured in an accident at the largest amusement park in Germany, the Europa-Park in Rust near Freiburg. According to initial findings, a scaffolding from which people were supposed to jump into a pool of water had collapsed, a spokesman said. Several media had previously reported about it.
A spokesman for the park said a mobile pool used by the high-diving show Retorno dos Piratas ruptured during a performance. The water flowed into the lake of the “Atlantica SuperSplash” attraction. A visitor suffered a minor abrasion, the park said. No other visitors were affected.
Will be back in operation shortly
“Atlantica SuperSplash will be back in operation shortly,” the spokesman said. Europa-Park is open daily from 9 a.m. to at least 6 p.m. during the summer season.
“Retorno dos Piratas” is about tower diving acrobats who plunge from dizzying heights into the depths. The park reports on its website: “An impassable island with huge cliffs looms out of the ocean over the approximately 20-minute show in the Portugal themed area: there, rough-necked pirates vie for a mysterious hidden treasure that lies deep on the seabed.” gives several performances daily.
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Europa-Park is Germany’s largest amusement park. Last year, more than six million people came to the facility with roller coasters and other attractions in the Ortenau district near the German-French border – that was a record.
Almost two months ago there was a fire in the “Yomi Magical World of Diamonds”. According to the findings at the time, a technical defect may have triggered the fire. An expert opinion on the cause of the fire was commissioned. Two firefighters were slightly injured in a large-scale operation involving hundreds of rescue workers. Two family attractions ran through the damaged building: the “Alpenexpress “Enzian”” and the “Tiroler Wildwasserbahn”.
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